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Re:Nuclear Power Gets New Push in U.S., Winning Converts (2022) by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 29, 2023 @02:22PM (#38809098)
> Residual value for nuclear power plants are negative

Not what residual value means.

> you try to equate nuclear power with infrastructure, even though we have cheaper alternatives which the public don't even have to finance

Infrastructure isn’t dependent on source of financing. Neither do ROI calculations, though you might scope them differently for public benefit. We are doing none of that here.

> risk premium for the expected returns year 60 are ludicrous which is why no one suggests it

Plenty of large projects model residuals and terminal value over the long term. Bankers typically stop modelling when the financing has to be rolled over for practical reasons; it’s unnecessary to be precise.

I’m genuinely curious what your background in this is.

> Please calculate it

Lots of people at federal agencies, banks and private companies are; their work is cited across these threads. But if you’re arguing about the definition of time value and infrastructure, I don’t think that’s a productive place to start. There is seldom substitute for fundamentals.

Re:Nuclear Power Gets New Push in U.S., Winning Converts (2022) by ViewTrick1002 on Friday December 29, 2023 @03:07PM (#38809587)
Please explain then

The investment horizon is so long that we can't model it. Sounds good!

Looking at Hinkley Point C, Lazard, IEA, NuScale and the French accounting agency the number is $120-180/MWh.

You've found one low quality source which massage the numbers to fit your narrative and continue harping about it.